docte
French, adjective/dɔkt/
docte is spelled D-O-C-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Docte is a French adjective meaning “learned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui possède une grande science, une grande érudition, principalement littéraire ou historique”.
What does docte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
learned
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui possède une grande science, une grande érudition, principalement littéraire ou historique.
noun: 1. Personne docte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of docte
- doctes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce docte?
- /dɔkt/
- \dɔkt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is docte in French?
docte appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).